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Atlantic
Police & Fire
Gang Member Gets Prison Time For Possessing Handgun In Atlantic City: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old man from Atlantic City was sentenced to seven years in New Jersey State Prison for possessing a loaded handgun and other crimes, authorities said. Altarik Hopkins was additionally sentenced on Monday, Dec. 4 for resisting arrest by flight and obstructing the administration of law, according to the Atlantic City Prosecutor's Office. He must serve 42 months of the sentence before he is eligible for parole, the prosecutor said. On May 5, 2021, Atlantic City police tried to stop a vehicle which had been reported stolen out of Vineland. Hopkins and his juvenile co-d…
Atlantic
Police & Fire
Atlantic City Man Admits Brandishing Gun In Rival Gang Territory: Prosecutor
A 22-year-old man from Atlantic City has admitted to brandishing a loaded handgun in rival gang territory, authorities said. Altarik Hopkins pleaded guilty on Monday, Oct. 2 to possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, resisting arrest and obstruction, according to the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. "Hopkins admitted he possessed a loaded handgun with the purpose of intimidating rival gang members," the prosecutor said. On May 5, 2021, Atlantic City police attempted to stop a vehicle that had been reported stolen out of Vineland, the prosecutor said. Hopkins and his …
Loudoun
Police & Fire
MS-13 Gangsters, Undocumented Individual Charged In Leesburg Crime Spree: Police
Four arrests have been made in a series of violent crimes across Leesburg dating back to May 2023, authorities announced. Those charged include Emerson Martinez-Alvarenga, 19; Marcos Sorto-Argueta, 19; Marco Mendoza-Monjaras, 19; and Juan Cubillas-Rodriguez, 18, all of Leesburg, were slapped with various offenses, Leesburg police said Thursday, Aug. 10. The teens were charged in the following incidents: May 21: A subject brandished a firearm at multiple victims in the 0-99 block of Hancock Place NE. Emerson Martinez-Alvarenga has been charged in this investigation with one …
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Feds Help Seize 11 Guns, Bust 14 Members, Associates Of Violent Paterson 'UpTop' Gang
Federal agents united with local and county law enforcers to disarm several members of one of Paterson’s most violent street gangs. Members of the “UpTop” crew packed heat while slinging heroin and pot in the urban war zone that is the Silk City’s 4th Ward, authorities said. In response, the ATF teamed up with Passaic County prosecutor’s detectives, members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Paterson police, as well as several other local, county, state and federal agencies. A total of 11 guns were seized and 14 people charged locally and federally in a joint operation that began …
Prince George's
News
MS-13 Gang Member Admits To Extorting Maryland Business Owners: DOJ
An MS-13 member in Maryland is facing up to 20 years in prison after admitting to extorting money from businesses to further the exploits of his gang, according to federal officials. Jilmer Hernandez-Alvarado, also known as “Toro,” 27, most recently of Hyattsville, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to extort business owners US District Attorney Erek Barron announced on Tuesday, Aug. 30. “La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as the MS-13 gang, is an international criminal enterprise that is active throughout the United States, including in Maryland,” officials said. MS-13 in Maryland is…
Columbia Greene
Police & Fire
‘Men Outta Business’: Gang Investigation In Hudson Nets 12th Suspect
A 12th suspect has been nabbed as part of a year-long investigation into gang activity and violent crime in the region. In Columbia County, New York State Police said they’ve been working with the Hudson Police Department since the summer of 2021 to probe organized crime involving several members of the self-proclaimed “Men of Business” gang. As a play on words, police dubbed their investigation into the group “Men Outta Business.” The gang has been tied to numerous crimes in Hudson, including attempted murder, drug sales, stolen property, and illegal firearms possession, according to pol…
Adams
Police & Fire
US Marshals Nab 1,500 Violent Fugitives In 'Operation North Star'
More than 1,500 fugitives were captured by US Marshals in a 30-day initiative across several major US cities. The fugitives busted in Operation North Star (ONS) include violent criminals, sex offenders, and self-identified gang members in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., the agency said. Operation North StarUS Marshals Service Operation North Star focused on fugitives wanted for the most serious, violent, and harmful offenses, including homicide, sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated assault…
Norfolk
News
'Operation Snowfall': Braintree Man Admits To Cocaine Trafficking
A Braintree man is facing up to 30 years in prison for his role in a multi-year drug trafficking investigation, the US Attorney's Office for Massachusetts reports. Martin Angomas, age 32, pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine and illegally possessing ammunition as part of a Boston-based gang that was the focus of "Operation Snowfall," the office reports. Starting in November 2018, the gang allegedly took control of several apartment units in the Commonwealth Development in Brighton in Brighton to store, cook, package and sell drugs. The investigation l…
Suffolk NY
Police & Fire
Feds, Local Agencies Bust 116 Fugitives During 'Long Island Wave' Warrant Operation
A joint law enforcement investigation involving local and federal agencies led to the arrests of more than 100 fugitives on Long Island, officials said. “Long Island Wave,” a two-week warrant operation led by the US Marshals Service, resulted in a total of 116 arrests as law enforcement investigators sought to “disrupt gang activity in Nassau and Suffolk counties.” Police said that the arrests included 69 gang members who are facing charges that include homicide, attempted murder, robbery, and weapon possession. According to officials, the operation involved locating and arresting gang me…
Essex NJ
News
Gang Leader Gets 22 Years Without Parole For Smuggling Heroin, Fentanyl Into NJ Prison
A Hudson County gang leader must spend the next 22 years in a federal penitentiary for trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison. Noel "Kuko" Salgado, 41, was serving time when he had associates on the outside sneak the drugs into Bayside State Prison in Leesburg (Cumberland County), federal authorities said. One inmate who used the smuggled drugs suffered an overdose and was revived with Narcan after remaining senseless for nearly 20 minutes before having to be hospitalized, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. Salgado -- who headed the "Loyal Hoody Gang," a l…
Nassau
News
Hempstead Gang Member Convicted Of Violent Shooting
An alleged Bloods street gang member on Long Island with a lengthy rap sheet was convicted on multiple charges after allegedly shooting a man in a busy intersection and attempting to flee from justice, the DA announced. Hempstead resident Trevor Ford, age 30 was convicted on Tuesday, March 15 of assault and weapon possession charges for a May 2020 shooting in Hempstead. Specifically, Ford was convicted by a jury at trial of: Two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon; Second-degree assault; Criminal possession of a firearm. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly s…
Nassau
Police & Fire
Police ID Crips Gang Member Who Shot At Officers In Uniondale
Police on Long Island have identified a suspected Crips gang member who allegedly shot at officers before putting a gun to his head in a "suicide by cop" attempt. Suffolk County resident Jonathan R. Vazquez, age 20, of Bay Shore, was arrested on Tuesday, March 1 after a pursuit and shooting that began in Uniondale, said the Nassau County Police. The incident began around midnight Tuesday when officers spotted Vazquez in a black Dodge Charger that matched the description of a vehicle involved in a robbery that occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in Levittown, police said. Earlier …
South Passaic
News
Gun Found, Owner Charged As Detectives Raid Paterson Street Gang's After-Hours Club
Pot smoke was thick as Paterson detectives tried to disperse a crowd of 75 or so partiers -- most of them gang members -- who'd gathered in a space above a downtown business in a high-crime neighborhood. Then the investigators found a gun. A man who identified himself as the owner stepped forward and was taken into custody as reinforcements arrived and broke up the illegal gathering, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. The detectives were cruising the 5th Ward "hotspot" neighborhood on Market Street in an effort to "disrupt gang and narcotics activity as well as to prevent…
South Passaic
News
Paterson Detectives Seize Loaded Gun, Drugs, Bust Four In Trinitarios-Dominated Neighborhood
Paterson detectives nabbed four men while seizing a high-powered gun, heroin, Ecstasy, mushrooms and pot in a coordinated strike on a neighborhood controlled by the Trinitarios street gang, authorities said. Investigators responding to open-air drug trafficking complaints set up surveillance Tuesday at the corner of Park Avenue and East 19th Street. They watched as two suspects -- identified as Shukri Coleman of Lodi and city resident Enndy Trujillo, both 24 -- conducted business with a buyer, Ja'sim Zimmon, 20, who'd pulled up in a vehicle, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. …
South Passaic
News
Paterson PD: Detectives Disarm Combative Heroin Dealer, 18
An 18-year-old drug dealer carrying a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets fought with Paterson police detectives who disarmed and arrested him, authorities said. The investigators were working a neighborhood "hot spot" detail on North 10th Street -- aimed at disrupting open-air drug dealing and other gang activity -- when they spotted Rishon Barnes with two other men, city Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. Barnes "had a large bulge in front of his waistband" that the detectives believed to be a gun, he said. Seeing them, Barnes bolted and the investigators chased him down, the …
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Man Among Trio Charged For Drive-By Shooting That Injured Four
Three suspects, including a man from Fairfield County, have been apprehended after four people were injured, one critically, in a drive-by shooting in Westchester. On Thursday, June 10, at approximately 4:15 p.m., officers responded to the area of Elm Street at Oak Street in Yonkers on a report of a shooting incident with multiple victims. Upon arrival, officers located three gunshot victims, the most serious of which having been struck in the chest, Yonkers Police said. First Responders rendered medical aid to the victims and they were transported to local area hospitals. Two…
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Details Emerge On Drive-By Shooting With Multiple Injuries In Westchester
Four people were injured, one critically, in a drive-by shooting in Westchester that police said could potentially be gang-related. Shots rang out at approximately 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 11 at the intersection of Elm Street and Oak Street in Yonkers, a police spokesperson said, after a passenger in a passing vehicle stuck his head out of a window and opened fire in an incident caught on video. Original story - Multiple Gunshot Victims Reported By Police In Yonkers Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said the incident appears to be related to gang activity and was not a random ac…
Mercer
News
National Leader Of Pagans Busted On Federal Gun Charge In NJ
The national president of the outlaw Pagans motorcycle gang was in federal custody after he was caught with a gun in New Jersey while returning to his Long Island home from a party in Pennsylvania, authorities announced Friday. Keith Richter – a 62-year-old ex-con known as “Conan the Barbarian” – was returning to his Bay Shore home from a Pagans party in Lancaster, PA when he was stopped late last Saturday in Mercer County, Acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Rachael A. Honig said. Police found him carrying a loaded .45-caliber Ruger P345 handgun, Honig said. Identified by the FBI as one o…
Brookfield
News
CT Gang Member Known As 'Mafia' Sentenced For Distributing Fentanyl
A Connecticut gang member known as “Mafia” with a rap sheet that spans decades will spend more than three years in prison after admitting to distributing fentanyl. New Haven resident Anthony “Mafia” Esposito, age 52, was sentenced this week in federal court to 46 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for narcotics trafficking and firearm possession offenses, U.S. Attorney John Durham announced. Durham said that in 2018, the FBI’s Northern Connecticut Gang Task Force began investigating Ricardo Reyes, also known as “Rick the Ruler,” a member of the Los Solidos stree…
Brookfield
Police & Fire
Firearms Stolen From Vehicle Parked In Man's Driveway In Fairfield County
Thieves broke the windows of parked vehicles in a resident's driveway, stealing four firearms and other valuables from inside, police said. A resident living on Michigan Road in New Canaan found that cash was taken from one of two vehicles which was unlocked in his driveway on the morning of Monday, Dec. 14 and called police at approximately 10:55 a.m. He reported the following items missing from his second vehicle, which was locked and had its passenger-side window broken: A money clip Cash Fishing rods Fishing reels Sporting equipment A .22 caliber pistol A .32 caliber pistol…
Fairfield
Police & Fire
Duo Caught With Thousands Of Dollars In Cash, Drugs In Fairfield County Bust
Two Fairfield County men were found in possession of over $100,000 in counterfeit currency, over a pound of marijuana, more than $84,000 in ill-gotten gains, precious metals, marijuana edibles and quantities of crack and cocaine, according to the Bridgeport Police Department. The Department said that an investigation by the FBI and Bridgeport Police into gang member 30-year-old Kimani Graham of Bridgeport and his associates, including 31-year-old Akeen Trotter (also known as "Ock" and "A.K."), also of Bridgeport, had been ongoing since May of 2017, and concluded with the issuance of a …
Danbury
Police & Fire
Teen Pulled Over For Broken Tail Light Caught With Pistol Stolen Out Of Cos Cob, Police Say
A teenager was busted with a stolen weapon and drugs after being surveilled by police investigators who were observing suspected gang members in Fairfield County. Investigators of the Bridgeport Police Department Gang Task Force set up surveillance late on Wednesday, July 22 on East Main Street, where there were known gang members congregating behind the Deli Market. It is alleged that the department received reports that some of the congregants were seen displaying firearms and selling drugs in the area. While monitoring the area, police said the investigators observed Bridgeport resident…
Hudson
Police & Fire
Reputed JC Gang Member Shot Last Year Charged With Firing At Five Rivals
Two reputed Jersey City gang members shot five people in retaliation for the murder of an associate several years earlier, federal authorities in Newark charged. One of them, Jalil “Broadday” Holmes, 20, of East Orange, is already charged with shooting at a vehicle in Jersey City, wounding two men, before he was shot in the Newport Centre mall food court in January 2019. In the new case, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said that Holmes and Jidon Rogers, 37, of Jersey City went with two other men to Lexington Avenue looking to shoot rivals on June 30, 2018. The date was signifi…
Nassau
News
Long Island Man Sentenced For Distributing Crack Cocaine
A Long Island man will spend time in prison for his role in distributing crack cocaine and powder cocaine, U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue announced. Tramaine Brown, 30, of Jamesport, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in June last year to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute crack cocaine and powder cocaine. In January 2018, the FBI and the Suffolk County East End Drug Task Force launched an investigation into drug trafficking and gang activity on the East End of Long Island, including the Riverhead area. During that investigatio…
Greenwich
Police & Fire
Bloods Gang Member Busted With Gun, Drugs During Raid In Norwalk
A Nine Try Bloods gang member was busted on drugs and weapons charged following the execution of a search warrant. Koudris Pounder, 35, of Norwalk, was busted during a raid by the Norwalk Police Department's Emergency Services Unit Tactical Response Team and the Special Services Division at his home on Lexington Avenue, Lt. Terry Blake said. Koudris PounderNorwalk Police Department The bust comes after a three-month investigation into drug sales by Ponder by the Special Services Division, Blake said. According to Blake, Pounder is a federally convicted felon and a member of the Nine Tr…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Feds: 17 Linked To ‘230 Boys’ Gang Charged With Peddling Fatal Heroin From Paterson
Seventeen people connected to the Paterson-based 230 Boys street gang were charged federally following a coordinated drug-dealing sweep by a strike force comprised of agents from the DEA, ATF and state, county and local law enforcement, authorities announced Thursday. The 230 Boys members and associates, all Paterson residents, were involved in selling heroin tied to more than 60 fatal overdoses in New Jersey over the past year, in bags stamped with such names "9 V2," "Dorney Park," "Pandora," and "I Am Back," federal authorities charged. The gang members also peddled cocain…
Lewisboro
Police & Fire
Nypd
Officer From Westchester Killed During Hand-To-Hand Struggle With Armed Suspect
An NYPD officer from Westchester was fatally shot in a hand-to-hand struggle with an armed suspect overnight. It happened just after 12:30 Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Edenwald Houses in the Bronx. The officer, Brian Mulkeen, was 33 and lived in Yorktown Heights with his girlfriend, who is also a police officer in the Bronx in the 44th precinct. Police officers were patrolling the area the incident occurred due to gang activity including recent shootings, the NYPD said. Three officers left their vehicle to question a man, who fled on foot, the NYPD said. As Mulkeen and his partner attempt…
Fairfield
Police & Fire
'Greens Boys' Gang Member Busted With Guns, Drugs, Bridgeport Police Say
An alleged Bridgeport gang member was busted on firearms-related charges following an investigation by the FBI Safe Streets Unit, Statewide Narcotics Unit, along with State/Bridgeport Gang Task Force. Russell Gilchrist, 22, of Bridgeport, was nabbed during a warrant raid at 48 Highland Ave., in the Green Homes Federal Housing Projects, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police. Russell GilchristBridgeport Police Department Gilchrist, who is a convicted felon with several prior firearm-related offenses and an active member of the "Greens Boys," was found with an assault rifl…
New Canaan
Police & Fire
Police Eye Gang Members After Two Jeeps Are Stolen In New Canaan
Police are eyeing gang members as suspects after two Jeeps were stolen in New Canaan. New Canaan Police Chief Leon Krolikowski said the department received complaints on Sunday, May 5, that a 2017 Jeep Wrangler was stolen from the driveway of a residence on Barnegat Road, and that a 2016 Jeep Cherokee was stolen from the driveway of a residence on upper Elm Street. Both stolen vehicles were unlocked and the key fobs were inside both vehicles, Krolikowski said. The 2016 Jeep Cherokee was recovered damaged on Oenoke Ridge Road, he said. In addition, on May 5, the department recei…
Cresskill-Closter
Police & Fire
Closter PD: Two Stolen Car Pursuits End In Crashes, Unlocked Vehicles Swiped Left And Right
Plagued by a skyrocketing number of vehicle thefts, Closter police have recently had two pursuits, both of which ended in crashes while fielding several reports of cars stolen from outside borough residents’ homes. As always, the stolen cars were left unlocked with key fobs inside, authorities said. “It is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the Closter Police and the residents of Closter every time a vehicle is stolen or these individuals come to Closter in attempt to steal another vehicle,” Detective Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. “Many of these incidents involve gang activity.” Shortly …
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Wanted Blood Stones Gang Member Known As 'Flee' Nabbed By Police Detectives In Westchester
A 27-year-old wanted member of the Westchester-based Blood Stones gang has been apprehended by police. Over the last several weeks, investigators with the Gang Unit developed information on the whereabouts of Rahkim "Flee" Shealy, and on Thursday night, Yonkers Police detectives placed him into custody without incident at a location on Orchard Place. Shealy, of Yonkers, was booked on charges of conspiracy, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon and arraigned today at the Westchester County Court. He is being prosecuted by the Office of the Westchester County District Attorney. O…
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